El-P Launches Pokémon Rap Remix Contest

After he was converted to being a Pokémon fan himself.

Yesterday, El-P took to Twitter to share his concerns about new augmented reality video game, Pokémon Go. After predicting that "someone will get accidentally maimed or killed" from playing the game, El-P received backlash from his following, who are apparently huge Pokémon fans.

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Eventually, the Run the Jewels rapper flipped his stance on Pokémon, and dropped a "Pokeman" freestyle, inviting anyone to remix the verse. Read how it all went down below.

After fielding many outranged tweets in defense of Pokémon Go, El-P eventually came around and confessed that he was also a Pokémon fan. The rapper even joked that he was hacked during his period of critical tweets.

ok i've thought about it and here is my improved, moderate stance: i want you to be happy, but i do not share this particular enthusiasm.

Then, to fully show that he was in support of the "pokemon community," El-P went on Instagram to record an acapella rap about "Pokeman." He invited his Twitter followers to remix the freestyle, launching a contest in the process.

Just after an hour, the first submissions to the contest started rolling in. Eventually El-P retired his Pokémon enthusiasm, saying that he had "reached [his] pokelimit." Apparently, he is still receiving and retweeting Pokémon remixes on his Twitter.